BOB MARLEY’S MUSICAL DYNASTY

By May 11, 2020 it will be exactly 39 years since the Reggae Legend Robert Nesta Marley died. However, his popularity has not faded, his legacies have continued to make waves as his name is still influencing millions of people in the world today. The current standard of measuring someone’s popularity in the world today is by the number of followership in the social media. For the records, the Bob Marley’s Estate has millions of followers on the social media platform; Twitter has 1.3 million followers, Instagram has 5.3 million followers, and Facebook page has 69 million likes.

BOB MARLEY'S SEVEN SONS

According to Bob Marley’s wife Rita Marley, the late reggae legend left no will when he died of cancer in May 1981 and all hell broke loose as every Tom, Dick and Harry was claiming to have been a child of Bob Marley. It was not in doubt however whether the legend had children from other women apart from his legal wife Rita. Bob Marley was known to have many girlfriends and children before his sudden death. Bob and Rita had five children: Sharon, Cedella, Ziggy, Stephen, and Stephanie. The late reggae legend had five other children from other women outside wedlock: Rohan, Karen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian.

BOB MARLEY'S CHILDREN

A lot of the Marley children are musicians, and many play in bands together. Sharon, Cedella, Ziggy and Stephen began performing as the Melody Makers as children. Their first single, Children Playing in the Streets, was released in 1979, when Stephen was seven. Ghetto Youths International are another family musical collective and include half-brothers Julian, Stephen, and Damian.

RITA MARLEY (MIDDLE) - UNITING FACTOR OF THE MARLEY'S DYNASTY

In terms of their solo careers, Julian is more roots-reggae; Damian does dancehall; Rohan plays percussion; Stephen is a producer; and Ziggy was the voice of a fish in Disney's A Shark's Tale. The Marley women tend to look after the business side of the family empire – the Bob Marley Foundation, the Bob Marley Museum and the many other Marley music, clothing, and entertainment subsidiaries.

 

MARLEY BROTHERS ON STAGE

The Bob Marley family is ruling reggae music on a global basis.